MIS 501 Technical Foundations of MIS (3+0+2) 4 ECTS 6
(Yönetim Bilişim Sistemlerinin Teknik Temelleri)
Information and information system concepts. Basic components and functions of computers. Information systems technologies and telecommunications. Fundamentals and types of information systems. Basic principles of algorithm development and programming. Implementation of the concepts through a programming language. Introduction to object oriented and visual programming.

MIS 502 Managerial Foundations of MIS (4+0+0) 4 ECTS 6
(Yönetim Bilişim Sistemlerinin Yönetimsel Temelleri)
Basics of management, core components of strategic management, organizational structures and behaviors. Principles and concepts of financial and cost accounting, steps in the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements. Basic principles of marketing, core components of strategic marketing, marketing mix elements and applications.

MIS 511 Data Resources Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Veri Kaynakları Yönetimi)
The concepts, principles and techniques for managing corporate data resources. Techniques for managing the design and development of large database systems including logical data models. Data distribution, database administration, data warehouse, data cleaning and data mining.

MIS 513 Information Communication Technology Governance (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilgi İletişim Teknolojisi Yönetimi)
Data communication fundamentals used in business environment. The concepts, models, architectures, protocols, standards, and security for the design, implementation, and management of digital networks. Essentials of local area networks and wide area networks.

MIS 515 Systems Analysis, Modeling and Design (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Sistem Analiz, Modelleme ve Tasarım)
Life cycle phases, techniques for requirements determination, team organization and communication, project feasibility assessment and risk analysis, design reviews, object oriented analysis and design, data organization and design, software and system quality metrics, application categories, software package evaluation and acquisition, globalization issues, professional code of ethics.

MIS 518 Advanced Operations Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(İleri Yöneylem Yönetimi)
Management of the operations function in manufacturing and service organizations. Emphasis on the coordination of resources to improve cost, quality and customer service. Inventory management, capacity planning, operations strategy, supply chain management and forecasting techniques.

MIS 519 Research Methodology (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Araştırma Yöntembilimi)
Understanding the basic concepts of research methodology and scientific research process. Conducting literature reviews, constructing research models and hypothesis development. Qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. Investigation of sampling and various data analysis methods. Deriving conclusions and implications for research findings and understanding how to use research outputs in practice.

MIS 522 Project and Change Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Proje ve Değişim Yönetimi)
Managing projects within an organizational context, including the processes related to initiating, planning, executing, controlling, reporting, and closing a project. Project integration, scope, time, cost, quality control, and risk management. Managing the changes in organizations resulting from introducing or revising information systems. Identifying project champions, working with user teams, training, and documentation. The change management role of the IS specialist.

MIS 524 Strategic Planning for Information Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilişim Sistemleri için Stratejik Planlama)
The top management, strategic perspective for aligning competitive strategy, core competencies and information systems. The development and implementation of policies and plans to achieve organizational goals. Defining the systems that support the operational, administrative, and strategic needs of the organization, its business units and individual employees. Approaches to managing the information systems function in organizations. Role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

MIS 541 Managerial Decision Support (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Yönetimsel Karar Desteği)
Organizations and decision making. Components of Decision Support Systems (DSS): databases, model management, communication and user interfaces. Filtering, compiling, transformation and reforming appropriate data. Knowledgebase, datawarehouses, data mining. Expert systems mechanism and uncertainty factors, multi-criteria decision making, system dynamics and simulation, group DSS, executive information systems. Designing, implementation and evaluation of DSS. Impact of developing technologies on decision making processes. Application projects.

MIS 542 Data Mining Concepts and Techniques (3+1+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Veri Madenciliği Kavramları ve Teknikleri)
Advanced topics of data mining: evaluation of model accuracy, mining multidimensional data analysis, data visualization techniques, mining from special and multimedia databases, sequential pattern mining. Similarity search in databases, text mining and web mining. Computation of data cubes, indexing On-line Analytical Process (OLAP) data, and processing of OLAP queries.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

MIS 543 Simulation Models and Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Benzetim Modelleri ve Sistemleri)
Representation and modeling of stochastic systems using discrete event and continuous methodologies. Emphasis on verification, validation and interpretation of outputs. Simulation based optimization techniques, sensitivity analysis. Web based simulation. Applications of information systems simulations.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

MIS 544 E-Business Models (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(E-İş Modelleri)
Electronic business models, major characteristics and analysis of the economics and strategies of e-business systems. Opportunities, threats, and sources of competitive advantage for e-business models and applications, identification of new business opportunities, differences between conventional and networked organizations. Organizational transformation and integration of manufacturing, distribution, finance, purchasing, and marketing transactions based on e-business models, special applications such as supply and value chain management.

MIS 545 Internet Applications Development (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(İnternet Uygulamaları Geliştirme)
Concepts involved in the Internet application design considerations. Emphasis on design, coding, implementation, debugging and maintenance issues. Development of an Internet application based on the analysis and documentation of the specific information and communication needs of an organization. Dynamic content creation, visual and web design principles, scripting languages, database development for the web. Web server administration and security issues.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

MIS 546 Emergency Management Information Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Acil Durum Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri)
Principles of emergency management. Planning, operations and resource management. Emergency information requirements and its parameters; time, space and user relevancy. Collection and dissemination of information. Role of information and communication technologies in emergency management. Geographic information systems approaches.

MIS 547 Organizational Impacts of Information Technology (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilişim Teknolojisinin Örgütsel Etkileri)
Theories, research and forecasts regarding the impact of information technology on individuals, groups, organizations, value chains, industries, markets and societies. Changes in organizational structure, culture, decision-making process, organizatonal transactions and interpersonal communication arising from IT. Impacts of IT on management styles, rewarding systems and job satisfaction of employees.

MIS 548 Development of Innovative Information Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Yenilikçi Bilişim Sistemlerinin Geliştirilmesi)
Generation, development, and selection of new product concepts in information systems. Idea generation, understanding customer needs, involvement of customers in the innovation process. Best practices for designing and developing new products from the pre-project stage to commercialization. Technology forecast, and managing technological innovation, product platforms, product life cycle assessment and project management.

MIS 577 Directed Readings in Management Information Systems (0+2+0) 0 ECTS 6
(Yönetim Bilişim Sistemlerinde Yönlendirilmiş Okumalar)
Directed readings in the topics of Management Information Systems under the supervision of a faculty member.

MIS 579 Graduate Seminar (0+1+0) 0 Pass/Fail ECTS 6
(Yüksek Lisans Semineri)
Seminars by faculty, guest speakers and/or graduate students designed to widen students' perspectives on specific topics of inteest and to expand their range of scientific research techniques and publication ethics.

MIS 580-599 Special Topics in Management Information Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Yönetim Bilişim Sistemlerinde Özel Konular)
Study of special topics in management information systems.

MIS 611 Research Design, Data Collection and Analysis (4+0+0) 4 ECTS 8
(Araştırma Tasarımı, Veri Toplama ve Analizi)
Constituents of and theoretical framework for scientific research. Elements of research design. Various qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and methods. Data analysis and hypothesis testing with relational and group difference tests. Interpretation and presentation of findings.

MIS 612 Multivariate Statistical Methods (4+0+0) 4 ECTS 8
(Çok Değişkenli İstatistik Yöntemler)
Basic theory and methods of multivariate statistics with various applications in social sciences and other disciplines. Simple regression, multivariate regression, logistic regression, discriminant analysis, structural equation modeling, multivariate analysis of variance, principal components, factor analysis, clustering.

MIS 621 Data Analytics (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Veri Analitiği)
Fundamentals of data analytics techniques: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Categorization, characterization, consolidation, and classification of data, detection of hidden patterns and identification of best alternatives. Processes for collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and interpreting unstructured and structured data. Databases and data warehouses. Fundamental machine learning techniques including decision trees, logistic regression and artificial neural networks.

MIS 622 Integrated Information Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bütünleşik Bilişim Sistemi)
Structure, core processes and relationships with external entities of enterprises. Information system function and its role in merging information technology and information assets to support the strategy of the organization. Arhitecture of integrated information systems; function view, organization view, data view, output view, relationship between individuals. Special emphasis on service oriented architecture.

MIS 641 Social and Collaborative Computing (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Sosyal ve İşbirliğine dayalı Bilgi İşleme)
Online groups and communities, principles and challenges. Collaboration and conferencing tools. Social, organizational, and technical issues involved in designing, developing and deploying computational and communication tools to support the activities of groups, organizations and online communities. Practical application within a group setting and work on a collaborative research project.

MIS 642 Mining of Complex Data Sets (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Karmaşık Veri Kümeleri Madenciliği)
Applications of basic principles and concepts of data mining to complex data sets. Mining temporal spatial and spatio-temporal data, graph data mining, mining social and information networks, relational data mining. Web mining issues such as: Mining link structure and web usage mining, Web 2.0 analytics and recommender systems.

MIS 643 Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Etken-Tabanlı Modelleme ve Benzetim)
Basic concepts of agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) paradigm. Social, economic and business problems, distinguishing characteristics of ABMS from other modeling and simulation approaches, emergence, modeling interactions, learning and adaptive behavior. Validation and verification of models. Discussion of the current ABMS languages, applications to various business problems such as e-commerce, social networks, diffusion of innovation, word of mouth marketing.

MIS 644 Social Network Analysis (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Sosyal Ağ Analizi)
Fundamentals of social networks, mathematical representation and visualization of social networks, basic graph theory, centrality, structured balance, clusters, cliques, two-mode networks, equivalence in social networks, and dynamic network analysis.

MIS 645 Semantic Web (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Anlamsal Web)
Introduction to the semantic web, xml review, representing and manipulating knowledge using the resource description framework (RDF and RDF Schema), ontology web language (OWL), query language (SPARQL), and rules (SWRL), development of semantic web applications, semantic web services.

MIS 646 Economics of Information Technologies (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilgi Teknolojileri Ekonomisi)
Pricing of information goods, open source and innovation, search and competition, social networks and information worker productivity, interraction of digital and physical good markets, role of intermediation in e-commerce, online auctions.

MIS 647 Information and Communication Technologies and Organizational Transformation (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri ve Örgütsel Dönüşüm)
Core e-business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees. Technical and behavioral arrangements and technology-organization fit. Changes in attitudes and behavior, management and organization policy in relation to impacts of information and communication technologies.

MIS 648 Information Storage and Data Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilgi Depolama ve Bilgi Yönetimi)
Logical and physical components of an information storage infrastructure. Evaluation of storage subsystems and storage architectures. Backup, recovery, disaster recovery, business continuity, and replication. Components of managing and monitoring the data center. Information security and different storage virtualization technologies.

MIS 649 Information Security and Risk Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilgi Güvenliği ve Risk Yönetimi)
Security management processes, architecture and models; risk analysis and management; security planning, analysis and safeguards; security policies development and administration; contingency planning, incidence handling and response. Security certification and accreditation, security inspections, security processing mode, and system certification.

MIS 650 Electronic Finance Strategies (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Elektronik Finans Stratejileri)
Investigation of financial services and investments in a technological domain. Online banking, online trading, algorithmic trading, electronic communication networks, mobile e-finance, web 2.0 for financial services, internet ventures financing, internet IPOs with a special focus on pricing, competition, and strategy.

MIS 651 Soft Computing for Enterprise Knowledge Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Kurumsal Bilgi Yönetimi Için Esnek İşlemsel Zeka)
Fundamentals and the state-of-art approaches of soft computing to find and manage knowledge efficiently, and its application to enterprise knowledge management systems. Fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, and rough sets with special emphasis on their applications in industrial and business settings.

MIS 652 Marketing Communications in the Information Age (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilgi Çağında Pazarlama İletişimi)
Evolution of marketing communications mix of companies and brands in the information age. Transformation of traditional marketing communication tools. Emergence of new and dynamic channels such as the Internet, mobile and social media. Marketing metrics to assess the effectiveness of an integrated communication mix.

MIS 653 Marketing Strategies in the Digital Economy (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Sayısal Ekonomide Pazarlama Stratejileri)
Market-oriented strategic planning, external environment and competitive strategies in the new economy. The transformation of traditional marketing mix elements in the digital environment, market expansion and growth strategies, innovative product and service development processes. Comparison of classical and current topics of marketing strategy such as brand management, marketing communications and customer relationship management in the digital economy.

MIS 654 Business Process Management (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(İş Süreci Yönetimi)
Business process management (BPM) terms, concepts and principles. Process categories. Components of business process systems. Process Modeling with BPM notation. Process measurement by key performance indicators. Business process redesign and improvement. BPM strategies, key skills, roles and responsibilities.

MIS 655 Information Systems Auditing (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Bilişim Sistemleri Denetimi)
Fundamentals of information systems (IS) auditing. Management and application control frameworks. Evidence collection and evaluation techniques. Establishment of IS audit function, IS control framework and IS audit planning. Use of technology in IS auditing. Legal, professional and ethical requirements.

MIS 678 Directed Readings in Management Information Systems (0+2+0) 0 ECTS 6 (P/F)
(Yönetim Bilişim Sistemlerinde Yönlendirilmiş Okumalar)
Guided readings in management information systems under the supervision of a faculty member on topics of special interest to the individual doctoral student.

MIS 680-689 Special Topics in Management Information Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6
(Yönetim Bilişim Sistemlerinde Özel Konular)
Intensive study of selected topics in the field of management information systems.

MIS 690 Master's Thesis ECTS 60
(Yüksek Lisans Tezi)

MIS 700 Graduate Seminar (0+1+0) 0 ECTS 6
(Lisansüstü Seminer)
Seminars by faculty, guest speakers and graduate students designed to widen students' perspectives on specific topics of interest and to expand their range of scientific research techniques and publication ethics.

MIS 790 Ph.D. Thesis ECTS 120
(Doktora Tezi)